Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | 2:18 AM

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 298 criminals were shot dead by the police in the next five years, with half of that number were Indonesians.

Of the total, 13 people were shot dead criminals in 2007; 85 (2008) 88 (2009): 45 (2010), 30 (2011) and 37 from January to August this year.

In a written response issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs in reply to Dr Michael Jeyakumar (PSM-River Snail) in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday, 298 of those criminals who shot dead, 296 were males while the other two women.

They were aged between 16 and 60 years.

Thirteen more are under the age of 20 years.

Out of that, 134 people were locals, 151 Indonesia, Vietnam five, three Myanmar, two Thai, a citizen of Nigeria, Liberia and another unidentified identity.